National Indoor Championships Weekend 1

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Day 2 National Indoor Championships
We had two athletes in action on Day 2 of the National Indoors in Nenagh today. Grainne Fitzgerald had a really early start to Summer time in the Shot Putt under 14 at 10.30 in the morning where she finished 9th overall. Pierre Murchan had a great race in the 1500m final where he finished a fine 3rd knocking 17 seconds off his previous best time. With 2 laps to go Pierre was a good 15m off 3rd place but he never gave up and just kept working hard to close the gap and was justly rewarded with his bronze medal.

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Don’t forget Great Ireland  Junior Run forms. Final acceptance day is Tuesday at training! I will have forms and a pen with me. Bring your fiver!  Please don’t ask after that date as I won’t be able to help.
Day 1 National Indoor Championships
Day 1 of the National Indoors took place on Saturday in Nenagh.  Alison Burke was first in action for the Club running in the 60m under 13. With a great start in the heat Alison came 2nd and qualified for the final. In the final she didn’t get such a great start and finished 6th overall which was a very good performance. In the high jump, under 12, Emily Corcoran came a fine 3rd, narrowly missing out on 2nd place. Olwyn Kennedy won her first individual national medal finishing 2nd in the under 19 girls 1500m.  Pierre has qualified for the 1500m final on Sunday. Well done to all.

Watch That Clock – weekend 24/25th March

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Hour Goes Forward

This weekend the clock goes forward by one hour so all you sleepyheads will have to be up an hour earlier, this Sunday, to make training at 11 at the Hole in the Wall.  From this Tuesday night we will be back training from the Hole in the Wall on Tuesday and Thursday nights, meeting at the usual 7pm. Wednesday night will be high jump as usual in the Hall at 6.   We hope to have a booking for the track in Santry on Monday nights confirmed in the next few days.  During the Easter Holidays we will be training in the mornings so keep an eye on the website as a two week programme leading up to the Great Ireland run on the 15th April will be posted.  The Juniors will be brought  over to run the course of the JUNIOR Great run this week or next.

Competition and Training for Weekend 24/25th March

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National Indoors,  Nenagh
This weekend the first round of the National Indoors take place in Nenagh. On Saturday we have Alison Burke and Aislinn Moore in the 60m, Emily Corcoran, Hazel English and Alison Armstrong in the high jump. Pierre, Cliona Carthy ,Olwyn Kennedy and Alison Armstrong in the 1500m races
and Grainne in the shot Putt.
Training
On Saturday morning, usual training in Santry starting at 10.30 sharp. There is a discus workshop starting at 11.30 and finishing at 1pm.  €2 fee. Anyone over 12 who is free and would like to try out the discus in a safe area with proper coaching should go along. Check in with Dermot or Brian out there and they will tell you where to go.
Sunday training at 11am at the Hole in the Wall as usual.

Training Information for St. Patrick’s Weekend

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Training Times
No training at the Hole in the Wall Saturday (17th March) , all out to Santry for 10.30. On Sunday, meet at 11  as usual at the Hole in the Wall. On Monday if any of the middle distance gang fancy a run, meet at 12 noon at the Hole in the Wall. Tuesday and Thursday meet at 7pm at the usual places. Next weekend and the weekend after the All Ireland Indoors are on in Nenagh. Qualifers please check previous note on Website for times and dates. Any queries give Mary a ring or a text.
 Great Ireland Run
Get entries in asap, for the Junior run. Anyone who is away on holidays over Easter and won’t be back to help out on the day lets us know. Sunday 15th April is THE DAY  that we need EVERYBODY. 

Results from Weekend Cross Country Competitions

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All Ireland Schools Cross Country, Galway

Our girls put in some very good performances at the All Ireland schools in Galway on Saturday.   Ellen Byrne finished 18th in the Junior race and Aoife Corr finished a fine 33rd despite  a heavy fall at the start.  In the senior girls race Heather Lougheed  led her St Dominic’s college team to silver medals behind the powerful Colaiste Iosagain. Heather was 11th , followed by Cliona Murphy and Eva Redmond who along with three other girls from the school made up the team. Olwyn Kennedy ran well finishing just behind Cliona with Olwyn leading her Mt. Sackville team to 4th place.
Inter-varsities, Galway
At the inter-varsity championships in Waterford Susie Mc Manus finished 14th and Sinead Cronin finished 35th on a very tough course. Well done to all. Susan was on the scoring team for DCU which came second.
High Jumpers Note
There will be no high jump in the School Assembly Hall this week as it is booked out for a play.

 

All Ireland Schools C.C., Galway

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Club Athletes Compete for their Schools

Best of luck to all the girls taking part in the All Ireland schools this weekend in Galway. In the junior girls race we have Alison Armstrong, Aoife Corr and Ellen Byrne in action. In the senior girls race Heather Lougheed, Eva Redmond, Cliona Murphy, Olwyn Kennedy and Catherine Conroy are running. This will be the last schools cross country race for Olywn and Heather. Enjoy it girls!

Also, best of luck to Sinead, Susan, Grace and Ashling who will be competing in the Inter-varsities Cross Country on Saturday for their respective Colleges.

There will be no training at the Hole in the Wall on Saturday. For the Santry Group training will be as usual, with warm up at 10.30 sharp.
Eric, Alison, Ciara, Finn are to go to Santry on Saturday. Danny, Eoin, Liam, Clare, Cliona Carthy, Pierre  all go to Santry. Dermot will have details of what you have to do.

General training for everyone 11am at the Hole in the Wall on Sunday. We may have training for a small group on Monday night in santry at 7. Individual texts will be sent on Saturday evening if this is on.